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This past Friday Hughes Marino flew our entire ninety-person team for an all-hands gathering in our newest office overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle. That’s a lot of plane tickets. And a lot of lost productivity for this hard-charging and highly productive team. Or maybe it was actually the highest and best use of our time; coming together, in person to welcome our newest team members, Owen Rice and Gavin Curtis. You see, Owen and Gavin were previously the top tenant representation team working for the world’s largest traditional real estate services firm in Seattle. And they chose to leave the relative comfort and success of the status quo. They chose to “walk across the street” so to speak, and join us in our mission to transform the commercial real estate industry.

It’s an exciting day for Hughes Marino. This afternoon the San Diego Business Journal announced that our company was named the #1 Best Place to Work in the entire region in the medium company category. With this accolade comes even more significance: in 2017...

It’s hard to imagine that less than a year ago this 92,000 square foot space was a maze of small offices and dark workrooms, but in no time, this space was beautifully transformed into a vibrant creative office. In order to make this happen, all walls, ceilings and utilities were demolished. Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects (RNT) designed this modern space with the goal of increasing employee satisfaction and retention of this utility client’s 700 member work force.

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With apologies to Dr. Seuss, “I said what I’d do and I did what I said…" How cool was the concert? Or the symphony? Or the acoustic coffee shop singer-songwriter pouring out their heart? There is definitely something about live music, right? I...